Stock photography, photos: Strangler Fig - Ghana Stock photos of The strangler fig (Ficus citrifolia). The seed of the strangler fig starts life as an epiphyte high in the trees, borne by birds and monkeys which eat the fig fruit. The seedling fig sends down long roots to the ground from where it begins to surround the host tree. It grows quickly and eventually suffocates the host: when the host tree dies it leaves an enormous upright strangler with a hollow core. Kakum National Park rain forest in the Central Region of Ghana. West Africa. Photograph: © Robert Burch Click for a larger image and more information Keywords associated with this stock photo: africa, ghana, west africa, central region, kakum, national park, rain forest, strangler fig, Ficus citrifolia